🚨 Immediate Actions (0-24 hours) Declare major incident; engage executive and legal points of contact Activate incident response bridge and assign an incident commander Identify affected product versions; disable vulnerable components if feasible Enable heightened logging and preserve volatile evidence (memory, network captures) ⏰ Short-term Actions (1-7 days) Scope the impact across systems and identities; review authentication logs Apply vendor patches or compensating controls; validate in staging first Harden external exposure (WAF rules, rate limiting) aligned to observed TTPs Initiate threat hunting across crown-jewel systems 📅 Long-term Actions (1-4 weeks) Close detection gaps and tune SIEM/EDR analytics for similar activity Improve backup immutability and test recovery time objectives Update playbooks and conduct a blameless post-incident review 📢 Communication Plan Notify executive stakeholders with concise status and next steps Prepare customer/regulator notification drafts if thresholds are met Coordinate with vendors and threat intel partners as needed 🔄 Recovery Actions Restore prioritized services from clean backups; verify integrity checks Gradually reintroduce connectivity with enhanced monitoring Retire temporary controls after risk is demonstrably reduced 📖 Story 🛡️ How to Protect Yourself 🛡️ Security Controls 🔍 CVE Details 🔬 Case Study 🎯 Attack Matrix 🎯 CISO Guidance 🎭 FUD Detection 💡 So What Analysis 📊 Board Bullets ✅ IR Checklist 🔗 Advisory Links
